Sanders to start vs. Pistons

Larry Sanders will start at center in the Bucks' preseason home opener against Detroit, coach Scott Skiles said in his pre-game remarks.

Veteran Samuel Dalembert will come off the bench.

"Just change up, take a look at it," Skiles said. "It allows me to take a look at a couple different things off the bench as well. We'll just do that for tonight and see what happens.

"Now is the time to do it if you're going to do something like that."

Dalembert had three blocks and four points in 16 minutes while starting in the Bucks' 97-80 preseason victory over Cleveland on Tuesday night. Sanders came off the bench and contributed 10 points and eight rebounds in 17 minutes.

The Pistons are 1-1 in preseason play after splitting a pair of games against the Toronto Raptors.

Detroit rookie Andre Drummond was impressive in the post in his debut, finishing with 12 points and seven rebounds in the Pistons' 101-99 victory over the Raptors on Wednesday. On Friday night at the Air Canada Centre, Toronto claimed an 82-75 victory. Rodney Stuckey led Detroit with 14 points and Ukrainian center Viacheslav Kravtsov added 10 points off the bench.